Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel | |
Thin man lookin’ at his last meal | |
Hollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield | |
For dignity | |
Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass | |
Young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass | |
Poor man lookin’ through painted glass | |
For dignity | |
Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve | |
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave | |
I went into the city, went into the town | |
Went into the land of the midnight sun | |
Searchin’ high, searchin’ low | |
Searchin’ everywhere I know | |
Askin’ the cops wherever I go | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Blind man breakin’ out of a trance | |
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance | |
Hopin’ to find one circumstance | |
Of dignity | |
I went to the wedding of Mary Lou | |
She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you” | |
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew | |
About dignity | |
I went down where the vultures feed | |
I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need | |
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men | |
Wasn’t any difference to me | |
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade | |
House on fire, debts unpaid | |
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears | |
In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors | |
Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years | |
For dignity | |
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues | |
Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used | |
He wanted money up front, said he was abused | |
By dignity | |
Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand | |
Steps goin’ down into tattoo land | |
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light | |
In the bordertowns of despair | |
Got no place to fade, got no coat | |
I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat | |
Tryin’ to read a note somebody wrote | |
About dignity | |
Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure | |
Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were | |
And into every masterpiece of literature | |
For dignity | |
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind | |
Combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin | |
Bites the bullet and he looks within | |
For dignity | |
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed | |
Dignity never been photographed | |
I went into the red, went into the black | |
Into the valley of dry bone dreams | |
So many roads, so much at stake | |
So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake | |
Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take | |
To find dignity |
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel | |
Thin man lookin' at his last meal | |
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield | |
For dignity | |
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass | |
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass | |
Poor man lookin' through painted glass | |
For dignity | |
Somebody got murdered on New Year' s Eve | |
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave | |
I went into the city, went into the town | |
Went into the land of the midnight sun | |
Searchin' high, searchin' low | |
Searchin' everywhere I know | |
Askin' the cops wherever I go | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Blind man breakin' out of a trance | |
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance | |
Hopin' to find one circumstance | |
Of dignity | |
I went to the wedding of Mary Lou | |
She said, " I don' t want nobody see me talkin' to you" | |
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew | |
About dignity | |
I went down where the vultures feed | |
I would' ve gone deeper, but there wasn' t any need | |
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men | |
Wasn' t any difference to me | |
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade | |
House on fire, debts unpaid | |
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears | |
In a crowded room full of coveredup mirrors | |
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years | |
For dignity | |
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues | |
Said he' d give me information if his name wasn' t used | |
He wanted money up front, said he was abused | |
By dignity | |
Footprints runnin' ' cross the silver sand | |
Steps goin' down into tattoo land | |
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light | |
In the bordertowns of despair | |
Got no place to fade, got no coat | |
I' m on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat | |
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote | |
About dignity | |
Sick man lookin' for the doctor' s cure | |
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were | |
And into every masterpiece of literature | |
For dignity | |
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind | |
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin | |
Bites the bullet and he looks within | |
For dignity | |
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed | |
Dignity never been photographed | |
I went into the red, went into the black | |
Into the valley of dry bone dreams | |
So many roads, so much at stake | |
So many dead ends, I' m at the edge of the lake | |
Sometimes I wonder what it' s gonna take | |
To find dignity |
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel | |
Thin man lookin' at his last meal | |
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield | |
For dignity | |
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass | |
Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass | |
Poor man lookin' through painted glass | |
For dignity | |
Somebody got murdered on New Year' s Eve | |
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave | |
I went into the city, went into the town | |
Went into the land of the midnight sun | |
Searchin' high, searchin' low | |
Searchin' everywhere I know | |
Askin' the cops wherever I go | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Blind man breakin' out of a trance | |
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance | |
Hopin' to find one circumstance | |
Of dignity | |
I went to the wedding of Mary Lou | |
She said, " I don' t want nobody see me talkin' to you" | |
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew | |
About dignity | |
I went down where the vultures feed | |
I would' ve gone deeper, but there wasn' t any need | |
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men | |
Wasn' t any difference to me | |
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade | |
House on fire, debts unpaid | |
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid | |
Have you seen dignity? | |
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears | |
In a crowded room full of coveredup mirrors | |
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years | |
For dignity | |
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues | |
Said he' d give me information if his name wasn' t used | |
He wanted money up front, said he was abused | |
By dignity | |
Footprints runnin' ' cross the silver sand | |
Steps goin' down into tattoo land | |
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light | |
In the bordertowns of despair | |
Got no place to fade, got no coat | |
I' m on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat | |
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote | |
About dignity | |
Sick man lookin' for the doctor' s cure | |
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were | |
And into every masterpiece of literature | |
For dignity | |
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind | |
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin | |
Bites the bullet and he looks within | |
For dignity | |
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed | |
Dignity never been photographed | |
I went into the red, went into the black | |
Into the valley of dry bone dreams | |
So many roads, so much at stake | |
So many dead ends, I' m at the edge of the lake | |
Sometimes I wonder what it' s gonna take | |
To find dignity |